The views expressed in this article are the author’s and do not reflect the views of the U.S. Navy. When I joined the U.S. military in January 2011, a family member asked me: “Aren’t you worried about being raped?” And
Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta released the Pentagon’s new defense strategic guidance, and President Barack Obama delivered a speech on his new strategy, which plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and “reduce our overall capacity.” Why
The U.S. Armed Services are preparing to absorb billions of dollars in budget cuts over the next decade, over and above sweeping cuts that have already taken effect, and a large number of defense reforms currently under way. They are
I’m often asked by puzzled classmates why–after graduating from Harvard College with an economics degree and working at a distinguished think tank in Washington, D.C.–I now sport the U.S. Navy blue and gold and serve as an enlisted Aviation Structural
